Impoverished - definition, pronunciation, transcription
- this word is a past participle form of the verb to impoverish
adjective
- destroyed financially (syn: broken)
Extra examples
...the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family...
...an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed...
...a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs...
The dictator enriched himself but impoverished his people.
Poor farming practices impoverished the soil.
...an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins...
...bands of vagrant children in the streets of the impoverished city...
Falling coffee prices have impoverished many Third World economies.
The inhabitants were much impoverished by the quartering of soldiers.
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